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Zgornji Velovlek

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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Drava

Elevation
  
239 m

Population
  
85 (2002)

Traditional region
  
Styria

Municipality
  
Destrnik

Area
  
255 ha

Zgornji Velovlek

Zgornji Velovlek ([ˈzɡoːɾnji ʋɛˈloːu̯lɛk]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Destrnik in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

Map of Zgornji Velovlek, Slovenia

There is a small chapel-shrine with a wooden belfry on the regional road from Ptuj to Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah in the settlement. It dates to the early 20th century.

There are a number of Roman-period burial mounds in the area of the settlement.

References

Zgornji Velovlek Wikipedia